as in memoir
a history of a person's life
an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches
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The book is the first full-length biography of the star’s life and career.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Where professional critics tend to focus their reviews on bluechip biographies and literary fiction, a distinct and dynamic reading culture thrives on BookTok, reveling in genres once only discussed in book clubs or Reddit threads.
—Leila Herrmann, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
And another Defense Department page featuring the biography of Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers, a Black Army general who received the Medal of Honor, also disappeared before being restored.
—Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Perhaps this is the showrunner seeding Thomas Rainwater’s eventual Yellowstone biography — how the one-day chief of the Confederated Tribes of Broken Rock could be a descendant of Teonna’s and grow up not knowing it.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Where professional critics tend to focus their reviews on bluechip biographies and literary fiction, a distinct and dynamic reading culture thrives on BookTok, reveling in genres once only discussed in book clubs or Reddit threads.
—Leila Herrmann, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
And another Defense Department page featuring the biography of Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers, a Black Army general who received the Medal of Honor, also disappeared before being restored.
—Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Perhaps this is the showrunner seeding Thomas Rainwater’s eventual Yellowstone biography — how the one-day chief of the Confederated Tribes of Broken Rock could be a descendant of Teonna’s and grow up not knowing it.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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